Fimbristylis velata is a species of sedge native to the North Island of New Zealand and Australia, where it is found in Western Australia, New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, and South Australia.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · AusTraits: graminoid herb
Leaf compoundnesssimple
Leaf shapefiliform
Woodinessnon-woody
Physiology & chemistry2
Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer
Photosynthetic pathwayC4
05DNA & barcoding4 specimens
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Fimbristylis velata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens4
Marker genes3
eDNA detections6
Countries2
Marker genes sequenced
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★rbcL★ITS★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
07Deep time~4.47 Ma lineage
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin4.47 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 018 records
Wild obs. + sensor139
Museum / vouchered872
Other7
Origin
Native99
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 492 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy72% within 1 km
≤100 m 50≤1 km 26≤10 km 12>10 km 17
105 georeferenced · 34 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor139
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy39% within 1 km
≤100 m 62≤1 km 67≤10 km 167>10 km 33
329 georeferenced · 543 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence872
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions30 of 47 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Chiba, JP
216
Mount Annan, AU
86
Brisbane, AU
65
Adelaide, AU
59
Odawara, JP
56
Auckland, NZ
41
Akita Prefectural Museumlocation not on record
40
Nagano City, JP
38
Canberra, AU
35
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
28
Palmerston, AU
21
Kensington, AU
18
Wellington, NZ
17
JP
15
Armidale, AU
14
Fukushima Universitylocation not on record
12
KURAlocation not on record
11
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record
9
Sendai, JP
8
Tomioka, JP
8
IWEP FEB RASlocation not on record
7
Christchurch, NZ
7
Bando, JP
6
Shinshu Universitylocation not on record
5
Rotorua, NZ
5
Toyama, JP
4
Batemans Bay, AU
4
Taipei, TW
4
Ishikawa Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
3
Kew, GB
3
James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record
2
J.F.Oberlin Universitylocation not on record
2
Hobart, AU
2
Kochi, JP
2
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
2
Burlington, US
2
Parkville, AU
1
Bronx, US
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
KOMlocation not on record
1
Nagasaki University - Fisherieslocation not on record
1
UnBlocation not on record
1
BGPAlocation not on record
1
Taipei, TW
1
KIRMlocation not on record
1
Tokushima, JP
1
EL PASO, US
1
47 institutions · 868 of 872 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA6 detections
Where the DNA of Fimbristylis velata was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found6
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 6 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median10.0 °C 7.40–12.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter26.3 °C
Max temp (day)13.0 °C 9.60–16.4
Min temp (night)5.20 °C 3.00–7.40
Precipitation228 mm/mo 112–344
Air humidity61.5 % 58.0–64.9
Moisture balance142 mm/mo 21.7–263
Vapour deficit559 Pa 428–690
Wind speed2.90 m/s
Cloud cover42.8 % 41.1–44.6
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
